Search/Split/Compare

[osyrys14]

I'm trying to make a search where I pull information out of the column that is date/time (2013-03-29 14:00:00) and have a form search the information by a range provided.  I was helped in another thread and I was incorrect in the procedure I need to do, but this is the code I'm using to select * from the db, but what I need to do is display just the ones between the date chosen on the form that submits the query.  Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

 

$mydate1 = sprintf('%4d-%02d-%02d', 
    intval($_GET['year']), intval($_GET['month']), intval($_GET['day']));
$mydate2 = sprintf('%4d-%02d-%02d', 
    intval($_GET['year2']), intval($_GET['month2']), intval($_GET['day2']));

$sql = "SELECT *
        FROM $db_tb_name
        WHERE `$db_tb_atr_name` LIKE '%$query%'
        AND `6` > '$mydate1' AND  `6` < '$mydate2'";

 

 

[Psycho]

You have a field named '6'? Interesting.

 

 

$sql = "SELECT *
FROM $db_tb_name
WHERE `$db_tb_atr_name` LIKE '%$query%'
AND `6` BETWEEN '$mydate1' AND '$mydate2'";

[osyrys14]

It's a dummy database to get the information functional and I have not gotten header names from the client yet so right now, they are all 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc.    

 

That gets me the correct query string, but since the query is set to just a date format, and the table is date/time, I'm still getting no results.  Is there a way to split at the space between the date and time and search that way?  The format in the db is 2013-03-29 14:00:00 and the form/search is only 2013-03-29.

 

Thanks so much for the help!

[Psycho]

Then convert them to timestamps. MySQL has a ton of date/time functions. Just go read up on them to see what one meets your needs.

 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_timestamp

 

 

$sql = "SELECT *
        FROM $db_tb_name
        WHERE `$db_tb_atr_name` LIKE '%$query%'
        AND `6` BETWEEN TIMESTAMP('$mydate1')
                    AND TIMESTAMP('$mydate2')";

[osyrys14]

I get this as what it's looking for...

 

 

1. SELECT * FROM cdr WHERE `8` LIKE '%%' AND `6` BETWEEN TIMESTAMP('2012-09-02') AND TIMESTAMP('2012-09-03')

and no search results

[Psycho]

Probably because of this

 

WHERE `8` LIKE '%%'

 

I tested the process of using TIMESTAMP() for a string formatted as a date against a field that was a datetime - so I know it works.

[osyrys14]

I put something in the text box on the search, now it gets this

 

 

1. SELECT * FROM cdr WHERE `8` LIKE '%EFM%' AND `6` BETWEEN TIMESTAMP('2012-09-02') AND TIMESTAMP('2012-09-03')

It's searching 2 fields, first one ( is an ID code, the other we've been working on is a time/date stamp.  Is it possible to make them work together?

[osyrys14]

Nevermind, it's working.  

[osyrys14]

Thank you so much for your help!